A Billion Starry Nights

The dirt was under my fingernails, it might even rain soon but Chara wouldnt stop scavenging the dirt for it. The ring might have been here, it might not have been, but she kept searching for it until she finally gave up. She was ethereal in the rain,

It was the second night in my family home, New Years Eve was tomorrow, but we arrived in time for Christmas dinner. Chara's mom invited her to spent Chirstmas Eve with them, but she declined, I told her I'd go with her, help her through it because I wanted to know more about her. It was a farm style peach colored home, a worn white picket fence, a huge willow hung over the house pleasantly, and in the chill the blue glowing lights gave a bit of christmas cheer mixed with the jollyness of a funeral home, turthfully it reminded me of...well, her. "Any pointers?" I asked before she knocked on the door, she hesitated and solemnly replied with eye contact, something rare. "Don't ask too much about me, please." So she knew. My heart tightened, just what is it that made that candy coated heart of hers shell up into a jaw breaker? I can't get through it no matter how hard I try. I tried to pick up my emotions as her sister answered the door, and there Tomo...